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A Life Without Relationships: The Dependency Paradox, Trauma, and Parentification
Alex was a single, independent, and successful businesswoman who had travelled the world as part of her expat career. She was a...
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Parentification: The Trauma of High Performers, Perfectionists, and Workaholics
Perfectionism, workaholism, and high performance are traits often caused by the childhood trauma of parentification.
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What Is Love? Unconscious Fantasies and the Couple’s Capacity for Intimate and Mature Love
The capacity for mature adult love is not an absence of an unconscious fantasy but the ability to hold and contain them in the relationship.
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The Loneliness and Pain of the Parentified Child
Parentification is a phenomenon that occurs when there is a reversal of roles between the parent and the child. This can be in the form...
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Parentification and the Childhood Trauma of the Parentified Child
Individuals who may seem excessively independent, resilient, self-reliant, dependable, workaholic, or committed to taking care of others,...
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